title: Fibrinogen and fibrin based micro and nano scaffolds incorporated with drugs, proteins, cells and genes for therapeutic biomedical applications.
abstract: Over the past two decades, many types of natural and synthetic polymer-based micro- and nanocarriers, with exciting properties and applications, have been developed for application in various types of tissue regeneration, including bone, cartilage, nerve, blood vessels, and skin. The development of suitable polymers scaffold designs to aid the repair of specific cell types have created diverse and important potentials in tissue restoration. Fibrinogen (Fbg)- and fibrin (Fbn)-based micro- and nanostructures can provide suitable natural matrix environments. Since these primary materials are abundantly available in blood as the main coagulation proteins, they can easily interact with damaged tissues and cells through native biochemical interactions. Fbg- and Fbn-based micro and nanostructures can also be consecutively furnished/or encapsulated and specifically delivered, with multiple growth factors, proteins, and stem cells, in structures designed to aid in specific phases of the tissue regeneration process. The present review has been carried out to demonstrate the progress made with micro and nanoscaffold applications and features a number of applications of Fbg- and Fbn-based carriers in the field of biomaterials, including the delivery of drugs, active biomolecules, cells, and genes, that have been effectively used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam-Si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Thanavel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rajangam
authors.forename: Seong Soo A
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005337:Fibrin / Q000737:chemistry*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D053769:Nanocapsules; D005337:Fibrin; D005340:Fibrinogen
keywords: biomaterial; controlled release; cross-linking; drug delivery; growth factor; polymer composite; tissue regeneration